Quote Originally Posted by kb coolman
Quote Originally Posted by Robb
Another factor that's overlooked so far in this thread is that you have MAJOR positional problems if you play passively, acting between the flop donk-aggressor and LP.
Could you elaborate on this point?
Hero's action doesn't close the betting on any round. Any action from LP other than calling means he's probably got serious equity against Hero's hand. And that action will happen AFTER Hero has called a flop or turn bet. And then what if the BB calls the LP raise? Hero's probably got enough equity and pot odds for a call, but the situation is pretty dire. He has to call the bet and raise incrementally, each time getting "correct odds," but likely in trouble against a LP villain that "woke up."

I guess the major problem with Hero's position is that the LP villain's range is drawy and unknown, and Hero has to commit chips before LP acts on the turn/river, when the big money is likely to go in. Hero could get caught between a BB hand he beats (but that the BB won't lay down) and a LP hand that beats Hero. And that would suck. For Hero, at least.